Biden goes on attack against Trump, media in Detroit amid calls to drop out: Live updates

“It’s like a highly sophisticated version of The Apprentice,” Donald Trump said of his selection process.

The former president disclosed that he hopes to announce the man who could be the next vice president of the United States at the beginning of next week’s Republican National Convention, when he is expected to receive the party’s formal nomination for the presidency.

“I’d love to do it at the convention, or just slightly before the convention, which would be — or just slightly before the convention, like Monday,” he told the The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show on Friday.

At a rally last week, he also referenced his TV series when he slammed Joe Biden’s competency, announcing to the crowd: “You’re fired!”

Former President Donald Trump slammed George Clooney as a “backstabber” and a “third-rate movie actor” for his New York Times op-ed calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of his race for re-election.

Trump appeared on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on Friday saying that regardless of what you think of Biden, “he’s been nice to Clooney.”

“I thought it was very disloyal, backstabber, third-rate movie actor,” Trump said on the program in reference to the op-ed.

On Friday, Trump — who’s campaign is reportedly eager to see Biden remain in the race since it could be more difficult for the former president to defeat a younger Democrat — said that Clooney “was a television actor and never made really a good movie. So he’s sort of third-rate.”

The 79-year-old Hollywood actor voiced his concerns over Biden’s re-election bid while on the red carpet at the premiere of his upcoming documentary America’s Burning in New York City. It marks a complete U-turn from his formerly staunch support of the president — including hosting a fundraiser for Biden in April.

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In Thursday night’s high-stakes briefing, the president spoke to reporters for just under an hour, answering 19 questions from 10 journalists, and once again insisting that he is the best person to take on Donald Trump in November.

“I think I’m the most qualified person to run for president. I beat him once and I will beat him again,” he said.

“There’s a long way to go this campaign and so I – I’m just gonna keep moving.”

Biden has sought to counter that night’s performance – where he stumbled over his words, appeared frail and lost his train of thought – with a string of public appearances and high-stakes interviews.

But, rather than prove the debate was a one-off, the president has simply added to his list of gaffes.

Here’s a look at Biden’s latest gaffes since the disastrous debate:

Josh Marcus has the story.

In the event, the growing number of those calling on Biden to abandon his bid for re-election had their scalp even before he had tried almost too hard to stride presidentially onto the platform for his duel with the world’s media.

He wants to announce the man who could be the next vice president of the United States at the beginning of next week’s Republican National Convention, when he is expected to receive the party’s formal nomination for the presidency.

“I’d love to do it at the convention, or just slightly before the convention, which would be — or just slightly before the convention, like Monday,” he told the The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show on Friday.

After a competent but stumbling appearance at a high-stakes press conference on the world’s stage Thursday evening, President Joe Biden’s campaign is hoping to end a weekslong crisis as he faces calls to end his re-election campaign over growing concerns about his viability and fitness for office.

But the campaign’s been unable to stop a deluge of lawmakers, prominent celebrities, and donors calling on him to quit, with potentially $90 million worth of donations now at stake if he remains atop the ticket.

Barack Obama has even reportedly spoken privately with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about concerns that he may not be up to the task of defeating Donald Trump, adding to fears that the president will spend the next several months heading into an election he cannot win. According to multiple reports, Obama and Pelosi are still unsure of how to make the case to Biden that he needs to stand down.

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